Mr Simon Williams

Neurosurgery Resident and PhD Candidate. Simon Williams is a neurosurgery resident and PhD candidate based in London. His research interests focus on that application of data science, computer vision, and artificial intelligence to lateral skull base neurosurgery. Simon has an interest in the evaluation of novel surgical technologies, and currently leads the IDEAL Advisory Service. His work has informed international surgical guidelines on the evaluation of AI in robotics and has contributed to advancements in the analysis of operative video data.

"The IDEAL framework for surgical robotics: development, comparative evaluation and long-term monitoring
HJ Marcus, PT Ramirez, DZ Khan, H Layard Horsfall, JG Hanrahan, ...Nature medicine 30 (1), 61-75

Intraoperative applications of artificial intelligence in robotic surgery: a scoping review of current development stages and levels of autonomy
B Vasey, KAN Lippert, DZ Khan, M Ibrahim, CH Koh, HL Horsfall, KS Lee, ...Annals of Surgery 278 (6), 896-903"